The Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced seven suspects to life imprisonment in absentia, for taking part in violent acts outside the Ahli Club last year.
The court also sentenced three other defendants involved in the same incident to 10 years in prison.
All suspects faced charges of displaying force, threatening police officers, intimidating citizens, firing at the club’s gym building, resisting arrest and disrupting public peace.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
